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Petersburg council directs city manager to address police vehicle needs, will report back by June
Summary
After a closed session on legal and real-estate matters, Petersburg City Council voted unanimously April 1 to direct the city manager to take all necessary action to meet the Petersburg Police Department's current needs for police vehicles and report back by the first council meeting in June or earlier.
PETERSBURG, Va. — The Petersburg City Council on April 1 unanimously directed the city manager to take “all necessary action” to facilitate the Petersburg Police Department’s current needs for police vehicles and to report on the status of those efforts by the council’s first meeting in June or earlier.
The motion was moved by Vice Mayor Hill and seconded by Councilman Westbrook. A roll-call vote recorded aye votes from Council member Myers, Council member Westbrook, Council member Smith Lee, Vice Mayor Hill and Mayor Perrin.
The vote came at the end of a closed session the council convened under provisions of the Code of Virginia to receive legal advice and to consult on litigation, personnel matters, real-property acquisition or disposition, and contract negotiations. Before adjourning the closed session, the council certified by roll call that only the matters listed in the closed-session motion were discussed.
The closed-session items read into the record included legal advice and status updates concerning actual or probable litigation and a hotel performance agreement and loan agreements for the Petersburg hotel; discussion of the performance, assignment or appointment of specific public officers; discussion of acquisition and disposition of real property where public discussion would affect bargaining strategy; and discussion of terms and scope of public contracts where open discussion would adversely affect bargaining position. The council did not announce any public decisions from the closed session beyond the certification and the directive on police vehicles.
Council members called for the report-back on police vehicles to ensure the city manager presents steps taken and the status of vehicle acquisition or repair by the first June meeting or earlier. The motion as recorded did not specify funding sources, specific vehicle counts or procurement method; those details were not specified in the open record and will be reported by staff at the requested follow-up.
The council’s public meeting then concluded.
